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Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University proudly showcases the work of undergraduate honors students by sharing this collection exclusively with the ASU community.

Barrett accepts high performing, academically engaged undergraduate students and works with them in collaboration with all of the other academic units at Arizona State University. All Barrett students complete a thesis or creative project which is an opportunity to explore an intellectual interest and produce an original piece of scholarly research. The thesis or creative project is supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. Students are able to engage with professors who are nationally recognized in their fields and committed to working with honors students. Completing a Barrett thesis or creative project is an opportunity for undergraduate honors students to contribute to the ASU academic community in a meaningful way.

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Ernest in Arizona: Studying and Reproducing the Prose of Ernest Hemingway

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This creative project represents the only creative writing that I have had the opportunity to create during my time at Barrett as a finance major. As such, I had to learn the story-telling process from scratch. My endeavors were further complicated by the fact that I desired to emulate the…

This creative project represents the only creative writing that I have had the opportunity to create during my time at Barrett as a finance major. As such, I had to learn the story-telling process from scratch. My endeavors were further complicated by the fact that I desired to emulate the writing of Ernest Hemingway. He is a man whom I have come to admire, and I believe that even though it is impossible for most of us to live our lives with as much external vigor and daring, we would do well to internalize his appreciation of life as a rare commodity to not only be treasured but also utilized fully. To prepare for this project, I read Hemingway's work extensively and embarked on an in-depth analytical study of his prose and premises. While writing my own story, I found Hemingway's edict to the writer to "write one true sentence . . . write the truest sentence you know" extremely useful; it helped me through writer's block more times than I can count. The story I created, "Gambles of the Living," follows the journey of Lewis Turner and his wife, Mary, as they travel to Arizona to cure a chest ailment Lewis seems to have picked up after fighting in the Second World War. As with the work of Hemingway, the themes of war, courage, and the fleeting nature of life run deeply through my work.
ContributorsWilson, Thomas (Taxi) (Author) / Dalton, Kevin (Thesis director) / Mokwa, Michael (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2012-05